Why Electronic Cigarettes are Better for your Health and Your Bank Balance

Deciding to quit smoking can be a difficult and life changing decision that you will have given careful consideration. Deciding to take the plunge is the hardest part and now you will be inundated with options to help you, but there is one that is emerging as the breakthrough quitting tool, the electronic cigarette. There are many new brands of these smoking alternatives such as electronic cigarettes, that offer us an inexpensive way to get healthier and kick the habit for good!


Electronic Cigarettes are legal, can be smoked anywhere and contain no smoke and if that doesn’t make you want to give them ago, they are also a fraction of the price of a packet of cigarettes! Inside each electronic device is a battery and a small container of liquid nicotine and water , when inhaled the nicotine is released  with water vapour, to give you the feeling of actually smoking.

You will equally be able to exhale the vapour and be as satisfied as you would be normally! The main difference these E -cigarettes will give you is that they contain no tobacco, so you are avoiding the hundreds of carcinogenic’s that smoking involves, this will cut down on your risk of cancer and heart disease.

The Health Benefits

Quitting smoking using nicotine replacement therapies has been available for many years, but what makes E-cigarettes the number 1 choice, is that you will not feel cravings and you will also be replicating the movements made when you smoke. This will have a psychological affect and keep you up beat; quitting smoking notoriously makes us feel anxiety and even depression at times.

On top of keeping our spirits up, as touched on before, you will also be cutting out all the harmful effects of traditional smoking, tobacco, tar and carbon monoxide. It is these elements that make cigarettes so harmful to our bodies. It is widely reported that within the first 24hrs of quitting smoking the levels of carbon monoxide in our blood will start to drop back to normal, our blood pressure will decrease and our lungs will start to clear themselves.


A recent study into the health benefits of using nicotine replacement to help quit smoking, found that Men who quit smoking by age 30 add 10 years to their life*, so by simply swopping to electronic cigarettes today, not only will you feel better but you will be giving your body the time it needs to heal and thus possibly lengthen your life span.

*Source: www.nhs.org

The Prices

Since the smoking ban came into fruition in 2007, the price of cigarettes has risen exponentially year on year. In the United Kingdom, the average packet of 20 cigarettes now costs around £7.00 and this will only last you a day or so, over the week this could mean you’re spending £49 which is an extortionate amount. Electronic cigarettes do vary in price, they generally start around £19.99 but that pack can last twice as long as your alternative. Think of what you could do with the money you save, go on holiday or treat yourself to a new pair of shoes each month!

Whichever way you look at it, the evidence simply speaks for itself; you will feel better, look better and be saving hundreds of pounds! I know which route I would choose.

Rhys Brooks is a freelance writer specialising in a range of health issues. Recently, he’s started smoking TABlites Electonic Cigarettes, UK’s leading brand of electronic cigarettes.

